THE FISHES OF NEW JERSEY. 145 
examples, for I have seen them nearly 8 inches long, appear to 
preter deeper waters. Here they frequently take the bait in- 
tended for suckers (Catostomus). I have seen boys and itinerant 
gentlemen along the small creeks who apparently were catching 
strings of a dozen or more of these larger individuals for the pur- 
pose of serving as food. I have eaten them myself and find them 
palatable, though on account of their usual small size they are 
not considered important. Many examples from Crosswicks 
Creek, near Trenton, have been examined. 
Hypsilepis cornutus Cope, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. Phila., 
XIII, 1869, p. 372, fig —Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868 (1869), p. 
824.—Abbott, Am. Nat., IV, 1870, p. 100.—Abbott, 1. c. VIII, 
1874, p. 330.—Abbott, Rep. U. S. F. Com., 1875-76, p. 830. 
Luxtlus cornutus Jordan, An. N. Y. Acad. Sci., I, 1879, p. 110. 
Minnilus cornutus Abbott, Nat. Rambles, 1885, p. 478. 
Leuciscus spirlingulus Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XVII, 
1844, p. 239, Pl. 506. 
Notropis chalybzeus (Cope). 


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Minnie. Notropis chalybeus (Cope). 
This fish which is hardly distinguishable from the next seems 
to differ only in color, which is altogether less bright and pro- 
nounced apparently during the breeding season. 
I have no New Jersey examples. When in full breeding dress 
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